Basler is leading the effort to standardize image quality and sensitivity measurement for machine vision cameras and sensors. All measurements done by Basler will be in 100% compliance with the European Machine Vision Association "EMVA 1288" standard. Because it describes a unified method to measure, compute, and present the specification parameters for cameras and image sensors used in machine vision applications, Basler is giving the EMVA 1288 standard our strongest support. In future, we will routinely provide compliant information about the quality and sensitivity of our products.
The EMVA 1288 standard includes a well defined method for measuring most common noise sources. It also includes a mandatory and detailed description of measurement setups, environmental conditions, and test requirements.
A downloadable version of the EMVA 1288 standard is available from the EMVA web site at www.standard1288.org.